The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundati pursuing solutions for americas neected needs. And by contributions to this pbs stion from viewers like you. Thank you. America. Reporting from new york city i am laura trevelyan. Americas attorney general on the defensive. Bill barr f oes questionsn response to protes more. Vernment on the front lines in houston, we have a special report from inside a coronavirus unit. The chief doctor calls himself a covid hunter. Everything i get surprised with. Every day something new comes out. Ura the College Experience without the college. How firstyear students feel aboun Remote Learning iheir uncertain future. For all of you watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome. There are more than 4. 2 million coronavirus cases in the united ates and almost 100 50,000 people have died. This has putuge strain on families and the nations doctors andse n the United Memorial Medical Center in houstonves doctors been on the front lines for mon
From the nations capital. Odonneodning and thank you for joining u deam coronavirus closing in on 150,000 americans, it now,a peers the outbreak is growing so rapidly nationwide, nearly half of all states are in what the white house calls the red zone. In a new report given to governors this week, but not released publicly, the president s Coronavirus Task force says the infection rate in 21 states is so high that they should begin reimposing restrictions. This is even as the president is publicly calling on governors to reopen. Now, nowhere is that more obious than in florida where tonight the state has reached its highest singleday death toll since the crisis began. And in yet more ominous evidence that the pandemic shows no sign of slowing down, dr. Deborah birx, the administrations coronavirus coordinator, says virus is again moving north, and shes now encouraging more states, including virginia, to limit Indoor Dining and shut down bar service. Tonight, major lbeabl i shutting dow
Attorney general william barr on capitol hill defends the use of tear gas in d. C. s Lafayette Park as an officer with the National Guard testifies protesters were met with excessive force. The events i witnessed at Lafayette Square on the evening of june 1 were deeply disturbing to me and fellow National Guardsmen. Odonnell campaign 2020, america decides. Joe biden says hell pick his running mate next week. So who is on the short list . Deadly shark attack. A 63yearold woman killed by a great white shark as shark sightings in new york force popular beaches to close along the coast. Two fatal accidents brought neww york city to shut down a popular mopedsharing company. Could other cities do the same . And tonight, military history the woman now in charge of the u. S. Army reserve, shattering a Glass Ceiling more than 100 years old. This is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west. Thank you for joinin
Oakland 56 in San Francisco and 59 in san jose. Im looking at mild to warm temperatures around the bay area. Well have those coming up in just a bit back to the news. Thanks a lot. Lets start with the coronavirus the cdc is sounding the alarm that the number of cases in the u. S. Might be much greater than we know there was show you map which illustrates now the rise in cases. In the past week compared to the week before and you can see actually california has improved. It has been in the orange and even in the red indicating anywhere from 10 to 50 . Increase from week to week now were just in the yellow which indicates a steady rise but not an alarming one. But if you look at the total numbers across the country weve got now more than a 142,000 recorded deaths with more than 3. 9 million infections reported so far to our area. In the wake of the rising number of cases and the dropping poll numbers for the president he appears to be changing his tune. During his first covid19 briefing
Numbers the death toll is on the rise massive shove support to honor ft. Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen. Will justice be served and well introduce to you the sanitation worker who dared to make his dream come true. A busy monday ahead. Early today starts right now good morning to you im cori coffin im Cynthia Erivo we begin with breaking news news hollywood lost a star. Wife of John Travolta lost her two year private battle with breast cancer. She kept that part private her husband of 28 years broke the news on instagram. He wrote in part it is with a very heavy heart i inform you my beautiful wife kelly has lost had her two year battle with breast cancer. She fought a courageous fight. Kellys love and life will always be remembered travolta said hell be taking some time off to be with the couples children. In september of 2019 travolta and preston celebrated their 20th he wedding anniversary. Kelly chose to keep her fight private and has been undergoing medical treatment for some time.